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Use of intravenous immunoglobulin in a disseminated varicella infection in an immunocompromised child

Jae Hong Kim, Dae Hyun Kwon, E Young Bae, Seung Beom Han, Jae Wook Lee, Nack Gyun Chung, Dae Chul Jeong, Bin Cho, Jin Han Kang, Hack Ki Kim

Clin Exp Pediatr. 2014;57(8):370-373. Published online August 25, 2014

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Varicella-zoster virus infection can lead to severe illness in immunocompromised patients. Further the mortality rate of disseminated varicella infection is extremely high particularly in immunocompromised children. We report a case of disseminated varicella infection in a child with acute lymphoblastic leukemia who was receiving chemotherapy, but was initially admitted with only for acute abdominal pain. The patient rapidly developed severe...

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3345/kjp.2014.57.8.370

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